Reviews

There’s something beautifully scrappy and heartfelt about “Broken Names (Live)” by Geonny. The track leans into the rough edges, the sweat, the ache, and the chemistry of musicians feeding off each other in real time. Recorded live in just a couple of hours at The A Room studio in Hicksville,…

MVPZ clearly understands one golden rule of dance music: sometimes less really is more. On “Rock With Ya,” the duo trades overcrowded EDM chaos for something slicker, groovier, and far more irresistible. Built by the combined forces of producer Amp Live and turntable maestro The Gaff, the track lands right…

There’s something wonderfully old-school about “Quite Some Feelin’” by PlanG, and that’s exactly where its charm lies. The Midleton, Ireland-based project led by Padraic Lang takes decades of folk, rock, and singer-songwriter influences and spins them into a track that feels warm, lived-in, and genuinely heartfelt. You can hear traces…

Three years after The Whispering Woods, Saline Grace returns with The Tree of Knowledge, and if “Rooms to Let” is any indication, Ricardo Hoffmann has not lost his uncanny ability to turn loneliness into something cinematic, haunting, and strangely beautiful. The single comes off like someone wandering through a rain-soaked…

Audren’s Think Freedom asks you to rethink everything from love to freedom to what it even means to stay human in a world running on noise. Built from indie pop, jazz, neo-soul, folk, funk, and cinematic rock textures, the album feels sprawling yet intimate, like flipping through someone’s diary while…

Some covers merely recreate a beloved song. Others crack it open, slip into its bloodstream, and return with a completely different soul. That is exactly what London-based artist colourshop pulls off with “Tra mille volti,” a multilingual reinterpretation inspired by Sting’s timeless songwriting sensibilities. Recorded live at RoomTo Studio in…

Ben Aubergine lands firmly on the right side of history with “Prelude in E Minor (Op. 28, No. 4),” a bold and surprisingly emotional reimagining of Chopin that swaps delicate piano keys for distorted guitars, bass, and drums. It sounds like the ghost of a 19th-century composer wandered into a…

After more than three decades of weaving through gothic rock, cinematic melancholy, and alternative experimentation, Damien Cain arrives at something surprisingly stripped bare with “Caleb.” It sounds like an artist peeling away layers until only the emotional nerve remains exposed.  Known for the dark grandeur of projects like CAIN and…

Dave Omlor returns with a track that dives headfirst into one of America’s most infamous gangland bloodbaths. “The American Boys (The Ballad of Frank Gusenberg and the St Valentine’s Day Massacre),” the title itself tells you that you’re not in for a breezy little radio tune, and thankfully, the song…

Some instrumental tracks simply drift by like background wallpaper. “Yvette” by Esvan Du Quador does the exact opposite. It slips under your skin, sits with your memories for a while, and leaves behind an ache you cannot quite explain. Taken from his Famille series and dedicated to his aunt, the…